Antennas having lenses formed of light weight dielectric rods and/or meta-material, unit cell structures comprising meta-material and methods of forming lenses

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10-11. (canceled)

22-27. (canceled)

31-33. (canceled)

The method of claim 22, wherein the elongate rods comprise the unit cell structures, the method further comprising forming the unit cell structures by rolling a film comprising a two-dimensional meta-material pattern into a cylindrical form to define the three-dimensional meta-material pattern.

A unit cell structure, comprising:

• a cubic structure comprising six primary surfaces;
• and
• a meta-material pattern on the cubic structure, wherein the meta-material pattern comprises six rings with one of the six rings on each one of the six primary surfaces of the cubic structure.

38-40. (canceled)

A unit cell structure, comprising:

• a cylindrical structure comprising an axially extending centerline and an axially extending cylinder wall;
• and
• a meta-material pattern on the cylinder wall, wherein the meta-material pattern comprises four circumferentially extending and spaced apart rings.

42-45. (canceled)